Yoga for a Healthy Back is BACK by popular demand! Perhaps you've noticed your low back aching more than it used to - getting off the couch or out of bed or maybe you feel your posture is starting to slump more and more from sitting...
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Walking in the woods on these Fall days lately has left me in a state of wonderment. From savoring the late afternoon sunlight on Fall foliage to spying birds and furry animals cache seeds and nuts for the winter ahead, there's a sense of Nature's...
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That's right! I've been invited to be a guest teacher at the original Goat Yoga farm in Corvallis, OR this Friday, Sept. 1 from 5 - 6 pm. That's a 30 min. class approximately with plenty of time for Goat Happy Hour Schmoozing....
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Yoga is more than just releasing tension from the muscles or bringing greater ease into the shoulders, or even calming the nervous system. While it can be all of that, it can also be a way of coming Home. Sometimes, I come home and the...
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Sometimes I look out at the world which humans have sculpted, excavated, planted, drilled, bull-dozed, landscaped, cultivated, and I wonder what is it that humans are really good at on this Earth? Cheetahs are good at running fast. Mice are good at hiding and squeezing through...
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So after some yoga and time to get acquainted with his new friends at Lake Pistachio, Meddy taught his first yoga class. He decided to put them all into a relatively “simple” pose: Corpse Pose. As an alternative, he offered Constructed Rest Pose. He observed his...
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It's been a long road for Meddy Bear. His presence was requested by my recent YTT200 graduates. He has proven to be quite a yoga adept embracing the Yamas and Niyamas most diligently. He's already taught me a thing or two about Aparigraha and the...
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Curiosity is one of the most valuable tools in our toolbox. I often like to explore one particular thing in my yoga practice, like “What do my shoulder blades do?” or “What's my tailbone doing?” during my practice. This can reveal some interesting habits and...
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What I hope to hold dear from our recently completed Maui Yoga Retreat is that sense of "Aloha". It has many meanings, and not surprisingly, seems to share a kinship with a word more familiar to yogis: Namasté. There's a sense of seeing each living...
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When I think about New Year's Resolutions, I see the tendency in myself and others to see what's wrong and needs to be fixed ("I'm too_____." or "I"m not _____."). If I accept that my truest deepest nature is basically good, then nothing needs fixing. You may...
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